Common food sensitivities implicated in migraine:

• Coffee
• Tea
• Chocolate
• Alcohol
• Cheese, other dairy products
• Prawns or shell fish generally
• MSG - Citrus fruits - Aspartame
• Note a connection between your food intake and on-set of migraine
• Sugary foods because of the implication on blood sugar levels (swings of blood sugar levels should be avoided)
• Drink 1.5- 2l water / day
• Contraceptive pill may exacerbate

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